Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index
1. Federal society and federal government -- 2. The Canadian constitutional system: parliamentary and federal -- 3. Explicit constitutional reform -- 4. Executive federalism -- 5. The politics of Canadian federalism -- 6. The economic dimensions of Canadian federalism -- 7. Cultural duality and Canadian federalism -- 8. The compounded crisis of Canadian federalism -- 9. Is there a basis for political community in Canada? -- Appendix A: Towards further investigation